# The Prison (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1993, Article 9: Insertion of new Rule 126A into the principal Rules


After Rule 126 of the principal Rules there shall be inserted the following Rule:–
“126A (1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a breach of discipline is committed by a person remanded in custody, additional days may be awarded under Rule 43(2)(aa) notwithstanding that the prisoner has not (or had not at the time of the breach being committed) been sentenced.
(2) An award of additional days in the case of a person mentioned in paragraph (1) shall have effect only if he subsequently becomes a short-term or long-term prisoner whose sentence commences, by virtue of section 218(1) or 431(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, on a date earlier than the date on which the sentence is passed.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2227/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-scotland-amendment-rules-1993/article-9
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